I don't think it's just how long they have been around that will have an impact either. There is also the economics of the situation. I mean newspapers are now digital but they are also still printed as well. Someone has to load the paper into the presses and someone bundles them up to be shipped out and other jobs at newspaper publishers and the same goes for books. Even if they print less books they can't just let all those workers go all at once or they'll have economic problems. After all if the people who do job X are no longer needed for that job where will they go?
The economy doesn't need more people to be unemployed in massive numbers. Such would have to be phased out in stages I would think. And it's not just the book publishers. It's also the paper makers and the ink suppliers and the truck drivers who drop off books at the stores (or newspapers at newsstands). Going totally ebook in one fell swoop would probably cause a lot of instability in the economy.
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Originally Posted by odiakkoh
I think it'll take more than 20. I mean dvds have been around for around 15+ years now and vhs tapes are still being sold at some places. VCRs are still being made. VHS tapes were only around for 20+ years before that. Books have been around for how long? I don't see pbooks dying out anytime soon.
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